Climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged governments, vaccine developers and the international community to ‘step up their game’ to fight vaccine inequity.
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Biden administration orders agencies to stop using controversial phrase ‘illegal alien’
The term was common during former President Donald Trump’s administration, turning up frequently in statements and news releases.
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‘Downton Abbey 2’ movie announced with Christmas premiere
The second movie to serve as a sequel to the hit Julian Fellowes TV series will hit theaters on Dec. 22.
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Engineering firm opens Maine office to work on solar connections
K&A Engineering Consulting says it hopes to employ 100 workers by year’s end at the company’s new South Portland office.
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Collins, King draft bill to help seasonal employers get more federal relief
The bill would modify a provision in the federal Paycheck Protection Program that the senators say disadvantaged some seasonal small businesses.
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World’s ports deal with unprecedented volume heading into 2nd year of pandemic
Los Angeles port officials see progress in reducing their bottleneck of cargo ships. Sail north to Oakland, though, and the line is even longer and there’s talk of the congestion lasting through the summer. As of Friday, 25 container carriers were waiting to enter the Port of Oakland at anchor in San Francisco Bay and […]
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Officials: Hunger-striking Navalny to go to prison hospital
The Russian state penitentiary service said jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be admitted to a hospital in another prison after the politician’s doctor said he could be near death.
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After meeting with Biden, King praises broadband investment plan
Maine’s junior U.S. senator, an independent, was among a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers who met with President Biden on Monday about a proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure package.
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Rumford’s Tom Fallon publishes new book ‘Creation Now With Words’
RUMFORD — Rumford author, editor and poet Tom Fallon has published a new book, “Creation Now With Words,” that in his own words “injects an avant-garde direction into the Maine literary scene.” Fallon, an octogenarian and former millworker, is well known in Maine literary circles for his experimentation with words. “Creation Now With Words” is […]
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UMaine System relaxes quarantine guidelines for vaccinated students and staff
Individuals who come in close contact with someone with COVID-19 will no longer have to quarantine for 10 days if they are fully vaccinated and asymptomatic.